Who invented the first percussion instrument?

Anthropologists believe percussion instruments may be the worlds oldest instrument, after the human voice. The earliest discovered drums date to 6000 B.C. Most of the modern percussion instruments ...
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Who invented the triangle percussion instrument?

The inventor of the percussion instrument known as a triangleâ€“a steel bar bent into triangular shape and played by striking with a steel beaterâ€“is unknown, but it was first used in orchestras i...
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Who made the first percussion instrument?

There is no way to determine who created the first one, but percussion instruments are thought to have been around since 6,000 B.C. Drums were used by tribal royalty in Africa, and they were used i...
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Is a keyboard a percussion instrument?

There are five families of musical instruments: brass, keyboard, percussion, string and woodwind. Percussion contains instruments such as the drum and xylophone. Synthesizers, pianos and organs are...
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Is a piano a percussion instrument?

A piano is a percussion instrument, i.e., an instrument that produces sound when a player strikes a part of it. When a pianist plays a note on the piano, hammers inside the piano strike strings to ...
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